first paddle of year

[biggs682]

just had my first toe dip of the year at Gorleston nr grt yarmouth , boy was it cold , but a glorious day

 

[Piemaster]

I managed my first swim of the year a couple of weeks ago.


Was on Copacabana beach, Rio though and at 09:30 in the morning too. Very rarely does the job have its plus points.

 

[Headgardener]

I managed my first swim of the year a couple of weeks ago.
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Was on Copacabana beach, Rio though and at 09:30 in the morning too. Very rarely does the job have its plus points.

Blimey Piemaster how did you end up there? Did the skipper take a wrong turn out of Hull and not realize his mistake for about eight days?

 

[Piemaster]

I was visiting one of the boats the company has working there. It was a few hours delayed getting into port so made the most of it. 3 hours after the photo I'd been on the boat 15 minutes and had soaked a boiler suit in sweat whilst oil was dripping onto my head. Which is more what the job is like normally.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I managed my first swim of the year a couple of weeks ago.
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Was on Copacabana beach, Rio though and at 09:30 in the morning too. Very rarely does the job have its plus points.

Did you see a girl there called Lola, she's a showgirl, she's got yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there?

 

[Piemaster]

Lolo Ferrari?

 

[Speicher]

Do you have a Bouyancy aid big enough for her?

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Real mens bouyancy aids are so heavy they drag them down to the depths

 

[Archie_tect]

She looks as if she brought her own... but can't think they'd be very effective- where's her whistle and top up?

 

[Piemaster]

Real mens Chuck Norris bouyancy aids are so heavy they drag them down to the depths

 

[gambatte]

Had my first open water swim, this year, a few weeks ago, just here:

Treeton

Doesn't take too long to get accustomed

 

[gambatte]

just had my first toe dip of the year at Gorleston nr grt yarmouth , boy was it cold , but a glorious day

Had a holiday at the Haven site at Gt Yarmouth last year. Swimming up and down the beach, I had a seal swimming about 10' away. I'd swim 100yds. Stop and a couple of seconds later his head would pop up

 

[calibanzwei]

Wast Water, Lake District. 16th January

 

[gambatte]

I keep looking at that, recently got into the OSS mindset and it regularly gets mentioned
I'm hopefully heading over to Holyhead area in the next few weeks. Some great crystal clear sea swimming round Treardur Bay

 

[citybabe]

just had my first toe dip of the year at Gorleston nr grt yarmouth , boy was it cold , but a glorious day

I was on Lowestoft beach Saturday lunchtime and it was freezing cold! Certainly no toe dipping for me